Angie,
Please, please get your doctors to do something about your kidney issues. As you know, I ended up with my bladder being removed and then back in 1998 started with my first case of septic shock. At this present time I am having episodes of septic shock almost continuously.....I was just discharged on Thursday from my latest episode and as of Monday morning, my doctor believed that I am going into my latest. I have been all over the world trying to get help and have found NO ONE who will help me. The latest thing, once again, is more very serious talk about removing both of my kidneys and living off of dialysis for the rest of my life. Septic shock is absolutely awful....I am always begging the doctors to let me die, so even having to live with dialysis seems like a better option to me. Dialysis does shorten your life span significantly, at least I was told that, but septic shock is a much shorter death sentence. My problem though, is that even though my kidneys are damaged, under the normal situation they are not damaged enough to ruin them. But, as I have said before, any of these septic shock episodes can be my last, so it is a big decision my doctors have to consider. I can go from having a very normal temperature one minute to having a 105 five minutes later. It comes on so fast. I do have some warning signs....this time it is severe pain in my hips, knees and this time my hands....so bad I can't walk.
I am just trying to make it until 10am for my appointment with my infectious disease specialist.
Anyway, what I am trying to say to you, Angie, is to seek out help NOW! Please don't accept what they have to say as your fate in life, nor should you feel that you will definetely walk down the same path that I am.
You have time to stop this. Perhaps you could consider getting down to this new Woman's Center in Orlando. I have heard that there is a urologist there who may be even able to help me....but I must get myself through to the time when the clinic opens and this doctor arrives.
Things are critical for me now, so some extra prayers for me to hang in there another couple of months would help.
God Bless you Angie!
Karla
-----Original Message----- From: Yorkeysx2@aol.com Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 11:16 PM Subject: Re: Frustrated and Ready to give up!!!!
BRENDA,
THEY SAY ONE DAY MY KIDNEYS ARE GONNA GIVE UP AND I WILL GO INTO SEPTIC SHOCK. THATS GREAT.... BUT TO ADDRESS YOUR OTHER ISSUE YES THE PAIN KEEPS ME UP ALL NIGHT AND I SLEEP DURING THE DAY, SUCKS BUT WHAT DO YOU DO??????? I MEAN IM ON 1,500 DOLLARS WORTH OF MEDICINES TO HELP WITH PAIN, NERVE PAIN, SLEEPING, MUSCLE PAIN ALL THAT AND STILL IM MISERABLE AND I GUESS WE ALL WISH NOT TO KILL OURSELVES BUT THAT WE WOULD NOT WAKE UP WE FILL LIKE SUCH A BURDEN TO OTHERS WE LOVE SO DEARLY.. IM HERE IF YOU NEED TO TALK.......I MAY NOT ANSWER RIGHT AWAY DUE TO MY OWN PROBLEMS AND PAIN ISSUES BUT I WILL ANSWER WHEN ABLE.. YORKEYSX2@AOL.COM GOD BLESS DEAR, ANGIE